What is the Graphite™ font?
David Siegel began thinking about Graphite in 1982, looking for an architect’s handwriting with a “chiselled pencil” look, much like Tekton exemplifies the architect’s “pen and ink” metaphor.
The handwriting of San Francisco architect Anthony Celis LaRosa became Siegel’s choice. With the assistance of David Berlow and Tom Rickner, Graphite was designed and released with weight and width axes that allow for its use in a dynamic range from light condensed to black extended. More…
Like Tekton, Graphite is an upright script with simple lines, and is usable in a large variety of informal copysetting situations.
Graphite™ Font families
The Graphite™ includes the following font families:
- Graphite Std Light
- Graphite Std Regular
- Graphite Std Bold
- Graphite Std Narrow Light
- Graphite Std Narrow
- Graphite Std Narrow Bold
- Graphite Std Wide Light
- Graphite Std Wide
- Graphite Std Wide Bold
Graphite™ Preview
Here is a preview of how Graphite™ will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
Is Graphite™ A free font? Is Graphite™ Free to Download?
No,Graphite™ is not free to download. You will need to pay for it I'm afraid.
Almost every font that we list on HighFonts.com is a paid-for, premium font. We do have a Free Fonts section where we list free fonts that you can download.
There is no point trying to find a free download of Graphite™ so please don't waste your time looking.
It is highly unlikely that you'll be able to find Graphite™ for free. There's a lot of websites that will say "Free Download" but these are just attempts to get you to click on a link which will either take you to an ad landing page or you risk getting viruses on your computer. In the rare occasion that you do find a free download for Graphite™ remember that it's illegal to use a font if you didn't pay for it!
If you really want Graphite™ and you want to truly own it the legal and safe way, then click here to visit the download and purchase page on MyFonts.com. Here you will be able to obtain the proper license. The designer and publisher deserves to be paid for their work, as they have put in the hours and the creativity to produce such an amazing font. Good luck with your purchase and future use of this font. :)